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Part Quality Issues Streaky/Striped Parts, Delamination, Weak Parts

Explanation: In a color print job, streaky or striped parts are easy to identify (see photo below). The streaks or stripes are caused either by Core buildup on the print head, a failed print head, or an electrical issue within the printer. With a monochrome printer, this is harder to see, and in fact often shows up as weak parts, or parts that delaminate.

Delamination (layers splitting apart) may be due to a print head that is caked with Core, or a pause in network communications, or a manual pause of more than 15 minutes.

Solution - Both:

Clean the service station.

Ensure the printer has Cleaning Solution.

Clean the Fast Axis Rails of any debris and reboot the printer. See Section, ’Clean The Fast Axis Rails and Carriage’.

If the problem persists,

Clean the pogo pins and the print head contacts.

Additional Solution - Delamination
Check your PC settings. The printer may be pausing as it waits for additional data from the PC. While pausing, the printed part begins to dry and as a result the next layer does not stick to the last layer printed. Your PC should be dedicated to 3D Print. Your PC Power Management software should be completely shut off.